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CAPTAIN THEODORE C. FREEMAN
lewes Graduate Aims For Moon
Captain Theodore C. Freeman ,
Lewes High School graduate, Class of
1948, has earned the recognition of the
National Aeronautic and Space Ad­ministration
by being choSen as one of
its fourteen new astronauts.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Freeman,
of Lewes, Captain Freemar" was born on
February 18, 1930, in Broomall, Pennsyl­vania.
When he was eighteen months
old, his farrily maved to Lewes, where
his parents had formerly restded.
Entering school at the age of six,
Freeman attended Lewes School until
his high school graduation. In his
advanced years at Lewes he was a
Captain and i>Ats. :'heodore C. Preeman
r1th their dauqhter. F'aith.
quiet, studious type of -person, popular
with his fellow students. He was kept
busy with extra-curricular activities, for
many of which he was chosen by other
students. He played foothall (first tearr)
and baseball (right field) in addition to
other sports. He was a member of the
first football team to be awarded football
trophies by Lewes High School. He was
a member of the National Honor Society
and was president of the Board of
Control, which was much like the
present-day Student Council.
After graduation from Lewes High
School he received from Senator John J.
Williarrs an appointment to Annapolis.
Having met all other requirements for
admission to the Naval Academy, he was
turned down on his physical examination
because of front teeth that had been
knocked out of line in an accident in
the 1947 Rehoboth foothall game, the
last game of his senior year. The
Academy promised him admission if he
had the teeth $tratghtened. He used
the year required for the work on his
teeth to take engineering at the Uni­versity
of Delaware and then entered
Annapolis in 1949.
Graduated tenth in a class of I3JO
at the Naval Academy, he entered the
Air Force in 1953. For three and a half
years he was a member of Tactical Ail
Command Fighter Pilots. In 1958 he
was transferred to George Air Force
Base, at Victorville, California, to
serve with the First Fighter Squadron.
In the course of his Air Force ex­perience,
he attended the University of
Michigan for two years under the Ail
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CAPTAIN THEODORE C. FREEMAN
lewes Graduate Aims For Moon
Captain Theodore C. Freeman ,
Lewes High School graduate, Class of
1948, has earned the recognition of the
National Aeronautic and Space Ad­ministration
by being choSen as one of
its fourteen new astronauts.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Freeman,
of Lewes, Captain Freemar" was born on
February 18, 1930, in Broomall, Pennsyl­vania.
When he was eighteen months
old, his farrily maved to Lewes, where
his parents had formerly restded.
Entering school at the age of six,
Freeman attended Lewes School until
his high school graduation. In his
advanced years at Lewes he was a
Captain and i>Ats. :'heodore C. Preeman
r1th their dauqhter. F'aith.
quiet, studious type of -person, popular
with his fellow students. He was kept
busy with extra-curricular activities, for
many of which he was chosen by other
students. He played foothall (first tearr)
and baseball (right field) in addition to
other sports. He was a member of the
first football team to be awarded football
trophies by Lewes High School. He was
a member of the National Honor Society
and was president of the Board of
Control, which was much like the
present-day Student Council.
After graduation from Lewes High
School he received from Senator John J.
Williarrs an appointment to Annapolis.
Having met all other requirements for
admission to the Naval Academy, he was
turned down on his physical examination
because of front teeth that had been
knocked out of line in an accident in
the 1947 Rehoboth foothall game, the
last game of his senior year. The
Academy promised him admission if he
had the teeth $tratghtened. He used
the year required for the work on his
teeth to take engineering at the Uni­versity
of Delaware and then entered
Annapolis in 1949.
Graduated tenth in a class of I3JO
at the Naval Academy, he entered the
Air Force in 1953. For three and a half
years he was a member of Tactical Ail
Command Fighter Pilots. In 1958 he
was transferred to George Air Force
Base, at Victorville, California, to
serve with the First Fighter Squadron.
In the course of his Air Force ex­perience,
he attended the University of
Michigan for two years under the Ail
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